𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐣𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧

"what did you do to her?" claire's eyes fluttered open and her head was in throbbing pain.

"she took a photo of you and rafe with that body! i had to do something!" rose yelled from the room across from claire's.

"did you delete the photo?" ward asked.

"yes, wheezie told me her password." rose said.

claire sat up and looked around. she was in her bedroom but she didn't remember coming in. she stood up and walked up to her door. locked. she walked to her window and slid it open. she looked over to her desk where her phone was when she saw leftover from a line. she walked to the desk and opened the drawer which contained a small white bag and made a line. she grabbed a dollar bill and inhaled through her nose. she walked over to her closet and grabbed the bottle of painkillers. she hesitated before shoving 3 into her mouth and swallowing. she grabbed her phone before climbing out her window. she climbed down and ran to the front of her house. she started walking down the street as she called kie.

hello?

"kie! hey, where are you?" claire asked rapidly.

im with the boys, we were on our way to pick you up. are you okay?

"no. rose probably gave me a concussion last night, i'll explain later but do not go to my house. i'll meet you guys at the drain." claire said.

alright, are you sure you're okay?

"im fine kie." she said and hung up.

she headed to the north drain and waited for them to arrive.

she saw kie park her car down the street and they ran over.

"this is the north drain. it should've gotten washed into the gully." jj said and looked to claire.

"your nose is bleeding." he told her and she lifts her hand to wipe her nose. sure enough there was blood.

"shit." she muttered and held her nose to stop the bleeding.

"so if it got flushed out from this drain it would've been pushed out to like.." jj trailed off.

"somewhere in this trash." pope finished.

"correct." jj said and gave claire a concerned glance. she was acting different and he wanted to know why.

"oh my god. people who use plastic should be shot." kie said.

"do you think gavin used plastic?" claire asked and kie hit her in the chest.

"too soon?" she asked sheepishly. jj laughed at her comment.

"okay, personally, i love plastic. use it every day. love the stuff." jj said.

"uh oh, your gonna get shot next." claire fake gasped, only for kie to hit her again.

"hopefully you recycle it and don't let it flush into the ocean." kie said.

"i thought you'd say some like that. so.. trash bags• pope says and holds up a roll of black trash bags.

"did you just proactively protect the environment?" kie asked him.

"maybe." he smiled.

claire and jj shared a look.

"do you want us to leave you two alone, or what's going on?" jj spoke up, only to get the trash bags thrown at him by pope.

"just pick up the trash." pope said.

"well that was fun." claire said after they picked up all the trash and no gun was found.